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Hi - ., . - ' inT-i 1 1111111 - A The Oregon Scout IONE8 & Chancey Publishers. UNION, OREGON. At tlio Silisldo. The bluo of tlio sklc3 is tho lino of her eyes, Asslio stands on tlio strand, lost In thought; And the wave's tubtlo grace suggest her dear face A taco that from dreamland was brought. The sough of tho breezo 'mid the boughs of the trees But echoes ber accents amiss; And tho clinging pcrfumo of the mignonette bloom Is a faint souvenir of her kiss. But nothing below or aboro that I know Resembles, no matter how dim, That ezqulslto maid when bo cjuecrly arraya4 Sho returns from her afternoon swim. -William E. 8. Fata I GERMAN PROFESSORS. They Are Amazingly rrofound Hut Dry an Raliarn Desert Hand. Tho reputation of Gorman scholnrs for thoroughness and patient, laborious rosoarch 1b provorbial, and no ono who Is well informed doubts that Gormany lias moro professors who aro authorities in tho difToront doparttnonts of knowl edge than any othor country, but it does not always follow that tho most learned mon aro tho best teachers, and until a tudont has reached an advancod stage "ho will ofton got bottor instruction from toachor a shado less proficient and .more practical. Somo of theso profes sors aro attractive and eloquent lec turers, somo aro quito tho rovorso, and for a dry, tedious, untintolliglblo, uttor ly dispiriting lecture commend mo to a Gorman professor who spoaks fourteen Oriental languages and can't toll a hawk from a hand-saw. It is woll to speak of tho loro that is to bo acquired in tho cloistered shades of thoso ancient unl TOrsitios, but lot tho student onco enter a dingy, poorly-lighted, chilly room lomo wintor evening at five o'clock and listen to a profossor, who for half an liour, with a mumbling, indistinotartlcu lation and double-tracked, suspension brldjro Bontencos, explains tho theory of abnormal Latin roots of tho third con jugation, and, liko Hob Acres, ho will fool his courage oozing out. Tho Gor man studonts aro moro thorough than Ainorican bocauso it lies in their nature to undortako less and do it bettor. A 'Gorman is like a locomotivo, a powerful machine as long as it is on tho track, "but porfoctly holpless whon onco oiT, while an American will oithor flounder back or find another track. Somo of tho Germans aro prodigious scholars, and oom to have laid the wholo kingdom of learning under tribute, but for general Intolllgenco, practical faculty and Itnowlodgo of current events I think Amorlcan studonts aro suporior. Un less ono can read Gorman fluently and understands it whon spoken, the tirst year after coming abroad wi'A have to lo largoly dovoted to learning tho lan guage Tho marked superiority of Ger many is in the professional departments of law and inodiclno. With us a young tiaan who has not ovon a docont common school education, takes two short terms ml flvo months each in medicine, and is let loose on tho community as a doctor. Jin olllco boy of equally brilliant ac quirements dusts out a lawyer's otlieo id does errands, takes two terms in u Slight law school, and is shortly ad mitted to practice Such an open dis f Taco to both professions is not tolerated tiero. A doctor or lawyer hero has spont sovoral years in elementary schools, four yoars in college, and from four to flvo yoars in professional study. If ho is not a gontloiuan and a scholar Jus has at loast had a chance to bo, and Ills aotual aoquiroments and preparation Xor his work aro far suporior to those of tho young professional man In America Artur Woodcock, in Chlcugo Journal. THE SULTAN AT HOME. Slow Abdul llainlit Manage to Spend Ills Monotonous Kxlstence. Abdul llamld gets upoarly. Ills tollot iocs not detain him long; indeed, it might dotain him longer according to Kuropoan codos. Whon drossod ho at onco dovotos himsolf to recite tho pre scribed prayers, after which ho drinks a cup of black oolTon, and Instantly after ward begins to smoke cigarettes, a mstlmo that ho continues all day al most without intermission, for ho Is an ardent smoker. Itreakfast ondod he ar ranges family a Hairs when thoso require Ills attention, as Is almost always tho ease with so large a family and of such varied ages and needs. This done, ho quits tho harem and goos into tho solamllk. lloro ho receives tho roports concornlng court allalrs. Toward ten o'clock his court secretary and chief dignitaries uppoar, boarlng tho day's dispatches and roports. Those handed In, tho Sultan seats himself on a sofa with theso documents on his right, on his loft a pile of Turkish newspapers and extracts from the Hiiro jpcan press, translatod into Turkish for Ills benollt by a translation bureau specially appointed to that and. Ills lunch, which follows tho dispatch of this business, Is most simple little uaent, a fair amount of vegetables. Tho meal ended, ho takes a walk in tho park cr rows in n little boat upon one of tho lakes it Incloses, always acconi- Smiled by n chamberlain or some high Ignltury. After taking two hours' ox crciso In the air, ho returns to his sit ting-rooms, where he holds an open re copfem or else presides over somo com valtloo meeting. An hour or two before eunsot ho onco moro goes out to walk. Ills dinner Is as simple as his lunch. Ills favorite food is plllatfo, sweets, and , very little moat. Ho never touches spirituous liquors, In duo obedience to tho commands of tho Prophet, but he prinks largo quantities of sherbet and mts a groat dual of ico cream. Dlntior ,nd digestion over ho receives company in tho solamllk, or he retires into the karom, where his daughters play and sing to him. Ho himself on thoso oc casions will often Boat himself at th piano, an Instrument ha plays fairly well. Leisure Hour. A roort that the Anarchists of Liege -would attack Kinpcror Williiun, extra precautions were made, but nothing jiiHrml the enthusiasm of tlio Kuiser'a -wtAcome in Belgium. NUMEROUS OCCUPATIONS. A Western Wag Outdid All Competitor and Then Didn't Get Through tho List. A Kansas gentleman sends to Tho Companion ft report of a conversation recently overheard In a shop whero several western men wcro comparing notes on their different kinds of work. It soon camo out tlint nearly every ono present had been born in the state of Vermont and "raised" on a farm. But niter going west they had all engaged in a variety of occupations. Ono man said: "I went into real estate; then sold out and tried clerking it on a Mississippi steamboat; then went Into tho cattlo business, and tired of it; packed up my goods and settled on a claim in Nebraska; quit that, and went to Texas to do business in a feed store; from there I went on tlio road for a boot and shoo firm, and Just now I'm in tlio livery business." "That's nothing," said another. "I've been a school teacher, a post master, a nrcacher. a lawver. a blacksmith, a notary public, a store keeper, a sheiifl, a county superintendent of schools, a , cigar manufacturer and a farmer." Thero was silence till another man remarked that ho had left the printed list of his accomplishments and occu pations nt home, because it was too bulky to carry around, but if ho re- j mombered right tho list began-with a collego president and ended with mem-, ber of tlio legislature. At this point two or threo men re marked that it was getting rather closo in tho storo; they guessed they would go home, and they went out. Another man edged up to tho door and said in a lazy tono that he thought his expe rience would beat tho lot for variety. Somo ono asked him to tell it. and ho said; "I began life as a baby. I grow into a boy. Whilo I went to school, clerked store, worked on a farm, From thnt I was a boy it in a drug had my arm n CfUf. tTltll broken in two places in taught tho district school ono term and sung in tlio villngo choir. "When I grow up I served as appren tice to a tailor in Boston, but nt tho end of six months I ran away to sea, and wont around tho world threo times. At tlio end of my last voyngo I bought a ticket for Texas, and went onto a ranch whero I stayed two years. I then had an ofTcr to edit Tlio Weekly Bliz zard, and held tho position just ono week, when tho government ofTored mo a placo us Indian agent. "After serving a year at that I went into tho mining business in Colorado, and mado two hundred thousand dol lars in six months. I went to San Francisco and invested my fortune in real estate. Tlio Investment was un fortunate, for in less than a mouth I lost overy cent of it, and was obliged to seek work as a day laborer on a rail road. "I worked up from brakeman to en gineer, and then in a collision I broke my leg and had to go to a hospital. "Whilo thero I studied medicine, and whon I got out I took to practicing, and was quito successful until I treated a smallpox patient for erysipelas. Then I decided to go to preaching, and got on well nt it for soveral months. But tho pay was not very regular, and I quit to go intoadontist'soilleo and" It was very quiet in tlio store, and tho man who hud hud such a varied ex perience said softly: "Good night, gen tlomen," mid wont out. Ho was tlio wag of tlio town, though tho strangers did not know It; but his story was a good comment on tlio number of occu pations that somo western men try. Youth's Compiuiion. The Cliillr Took u Notion to Stroll. The action of a chair which formed part of a display of furnituro on a cor ner in ono of tho important cross town streets caused no little wonderment ono windy afternoon not long ago. Tlio pavement in front of tlio storo is smooth, and slopes to tho gutter at a considerable angle. This chair, which had a solid buck, stood right on tho comer, and tlio wind, blowing squarely against it, caused it to slide gently to ward tho gutter. Tlio wind blow stead ily, with justsulllcient strength to movo tho ehnir at a slow pace. Tlio orsons who happened to bo looking out of neighboring windows or of passing street cars or carriages, and thoroforo did not feel tho wind, could not imagine what had eonio over tlio chidr, that it should thus gravely nnd sedately leave its fellows. Kvon those who wore on thosidowalk, for tlio most part, never thought that tho wind could bo tlio oauso of tho phe nomenon. A policeman across tlio way made up ids mind that somo thief had tied a thin wire to tho chair, and was dragging it where ho could put it into a wagon and drive oil with It. Tlio olll oer started toward tho chair, and just then a clerk who had happened to soo tho runaway dashed out of tho furnituro stow, recaptured tho Mooing object and tiod it to a big sofa. It took tlio polloo man somo time to understand tlio enuso of tho chair's pranks. Now York Trib une It Too Nutural. A boy at Niagara Falls learned to hoot liko an owl, to as to givo signals -when ho got out to tho Indian country, llo hooted in the back yard of a citizen to sco if his intonation was a go, and tlio man camo out and tired a shot which peppered him all over nnd a'most cuusod his death. Detroit Freo Press. Citiitti Knougli. Country Swain (timidly) Would you bo mad If I asked you to bo my wifof City Girl (brbkly) Not at all ; but I'd be tu&d If I said "yea." Puck. nigh Sounding Appellations. "That bootblack has become Inocu lated with Bostoneso magnum caput," remarked a patriotic New Yorker of tho old school, as he paused in the corridor of tho postofllco and pointed to a con spicuous sign thnt rend, "You will find tho artist insido tlio building during tho chill season." "Tho good old names of 'bootblack1 and 'shiner,' that express just what they mean, aro fust going the way of all Uesli, wlule such pretentious and ob noxious titles as 'boot polishing artists' aro being substituted. I blame it all on Boston. Tho fad of dubbing over bootblack a professor originated in int locality several years ago, and has been spreading through tho country with de plorablo rapidity. "Why, in Boston tlio most miserablo shanty or tho dirtiest cellarway is dig nified as a. 'bootblacking emporium,' and Its genius is 'Professor' Job John son or 'Professor' Tomoso Vermicelli, as tho case may bo. "Thero aro scores of theso pretentious emporiums anu parlors scattereu an over tlio Hub, and they serve as a for cible commentary on tho city's pedan try. No ono but a Bostoninn would havo evolved tho phrase 'tonsorial art ist.' Thero aro no barber shops in Boston. They are all hairdressing par lors. "Tho term 'washerwoman' has, I am told, been relegated to Chelsea, and every woman who rinses stockings in soapsuds at four cents a pair is respect fully entitled a 'wash lady.' 'J. O'Cal lahan, artist in black and white,' is tlio legend that a South Cove son of Erin has inscribed over his dilapidated cellar door. Ho combines whitewashing with boot blacking. "Such aro Boston's barbarisms. But, then, what can ono expect of a town that allows its five cent museum to -bo advertised jus a 'nickelodeon, theatrid ium and repositorium' all in one? "Oil, for a tasto of the days when a spado was a spado 1" New York Herald. A Story of I'rlvnto Allen. Allen had no special reputation as a wit or orator when ho first ran for con gress, and so ho had a timo getting tlio nomination. Ho stumped tlio district with his competitor, a Gen. Tucker, who opened tho campaign with a rhe torical rhapsody in which ho alluded to his war services, and particularly do scribed a battle in which ho had com manded tho Confederate side, begin ning: "Fellow citizens, I slept ono night in a tent on tlio mountain sido awaiting tlio battle on tlio morrow." When ho had finished Allen got up and said: "Friends and fellow citizens, it's all truo what Gen. Tucker told you about his sleeping in his tent that night ' before tho battle. I know all about it, for I was guarding that tent all night long in tlio cold and wet on picket. I And now I just want to say to all of you who were generals in tlio war and slept nt nights in your guarded tents liko Gen. Tucker, you vote for him. But all you fellows that guarded tho gen erals' tents in tlio wet nnd cold liko me, you voto for Private Allen." It is needless to say that Privato Al len was triumphantly elected, and was Privato Allen over after. Philadelphia Record. Care of tlio Ilody Aftor n Speech. I know soveral members of tho legislature who take tho most extraor dinary precautions for making ft speech. They do not speak often. Thoy know for weeks beforehand that thoy aro to speak, and after all prepar ations aro made for tlio speech itself, and tho day conies for tho eiTort, thoy havo n. servant bring a complete chango of linen and underwear and a heavy over coat to tho Capitol, and wait with theso things nt hand until tho speech is end ed. Then tho speaker, with tlio per- J, IV,-.- 11. spiraiiou pouring on mm, rusties io uio j cloak room, where tlio servant stands with tho coat ready, and throws it over his shoulders as soon as lie comes within reach. Next, tlio member, with tlio collar of his overcoat turned up high, tucks his dry underclothing under his arm and makes for tho bath rooms. Thero ho enters tho waiting room, whero tho temperature is high and thero can bo no draught, being under ground, and waits to cool of! a littlo preparatory to a bath. Thero is no moro work for him in tlio houso that day. 'When lie has got his bath ho makes for his lodgings as fast as ho can, and stays thero until thoroughly rested. Cor. Philadelphia Telegraph. A Wiimlni; to Ojnter I.ovcn. Lovers of bivalves, especially thoso who prefer them cooked in their own liquor, may bo interested in knowing what that tluid contains. Tho micro Beopo makes somo very unpleasant dis coveries, of which with tlio naked oyo alono wo should remain happily igno rant. A scientific journal says that if, on opening an oyster, tho liquor is re tained in tlio lower or deeper shell and viewed through tlio microscope, it will bo found to contain multitudes of small oysters, covered with shells, and Bwimmiug nimbly about 120 of them extending but one Inch. Besides theso young oysters tlio liquor contains a va riety of aniinaleulio and myriads of three distinct sjuvles of worms. Somo times their light represents a bluish star abou1'. tho center of thosholl, which will bo bountifully luminous in a dark room. Ilitd Itlm There. Sho (during a slight tliD You nover can keep a secret, anyway I Ho I can't I Suppose I had told that I kissed you before wo were en gaged! Sho (calmly) Woll, 1 should saf yo were not the only ono. life, BOW LEGS EASILY CURED. Breaking the Limbs Unnecessary If Child Can Go Barefooted. Mrs. Bassctt had spent tho first five years of her married life in England and when sho returned to her native town she brought, together with tho twins and a baby girl, a great many novel ideas. Tlio twins were 3 years old fine, sturdy littlo fellows, with rosy cheeks nnd sparkling eyes, straight limbed and vigorous as young athletes. Tho Bassetts wero "well to do," and it was, therefore a matter of great surprise to tho village in general, and to tho young mothers in particular, to see tho infant Bassets running about from morning till night sans shoes and stockings. It was soon ascertained that the baby girl who was just beginning to walk was also destitute of these two ar ticles of attire, and tlio Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children had serious thoughts of calling upon Mrs. Bassett and remonstrating in a body with that derelict matron. But it was tho general opinion that if Mrs. Bassett choso to bo unconven tional sho had reasons of her own for conduct which might bo worthy of consideration, and it was finally de cided that a committee of two ladies of an inquiring turn of mind should visit tho Bassett household and furnish forthwith to tho community at large a report of tho various heresies which had been put into practice. Mrs. Bassett received her visitors cordially nnd smiled pleasantly when informed of the nature of their call. "I am very willing to talk about my barefooted babies," s'o said frankly, for, to tell tho truth, I am rather proud of them. When tho twins wcro ba bies," sho continued, seating herself in a low chair, "they were treated, I sup pose, very much liko other children. They lived out of doors a great deal and were healthy and strong, butsoon after they began to walk I noticed in them a decided tendency to 'toe in.' I was horrified, for if thero is ono thing I detest it is a bow legged man, and hero wero my littlo men of a year and a half actually setting out on tho crooked journey of tlio nursery jingle. "My friends all said that most chil dren wcro bow legged at first and all that would come right itself in tho course of time. "I waited with considerable impa tience, but saw no signs of improve mcnt. Finally I consulted a doctor and asked him if 1 must put tho two pairs of legs in irons. " 'Irons 1' shouted tho doctor. 'Fid dlesticks I Take olF their shoes and stockings. Their muscles have prob ably been cramped and weakened al ready and irons will only increase tho trouble. OIT with their shoes.' " 'But won't they take cold?' I ven tured to humbly inquire. " 'Cold P ho said. 'Why should they J You don't keep their hands tied up, do you? If your house is fairly comforta bio and they nro active and vigorous their feet will bo as warm as their hands. At first perhaps they had bet ter wear shoes out of doors, but in a short time thoy can dispense with them even there, except, of course, in sovero weather.' "I was not altogether convinced, but I thought tho experiment wortli trying. Another suggestion which tho doctor gave mo I also found a most useful one. Ho advised mo to let tho boys walk up hill, and when thoy could not bo out of doors to liavo an inclined piano arranged in tho houso for them to practice oil. In tho eiTort to walk up a steep incline ono natur ally throw's tlio feet outward. " 'Let your boys try it for awhile at any rate,' said my good doctor. 'Don't cramp their feet and I will wager that nature will givo thorn as straight legs and as firm muscles as anybody liecd wish for.' "I linvo followed my wiso doctor's advico; tho results you can sco for yourself," added tlio young mother, proudly, ns her two barefooted boys camo running into tho room. "But your baby, does sho actually go barefooted, too?" asked ono of tho visitors. "Yes, indeed," replied Mrs. Bassett. "Sho has nover worn n shoo in her lifo. When she goes out for an airing sho wears warm woolen Bocks, for until sho can walk sho cannot of course tako suiheiont cx-rciso to keep her feet warm. But in tho houso sho is ns barefooted as tho boys. Sho is just beginning to get on her feet nnd her littlo bare toes are almost ns useful to her as fingers. Thoy havo saved her many a full." noino Maker. George 'Washington's lluttous. In connection with tho conch shell buttons, tho story is told of Gen. Washington that ono day, whilo walk ing alono in tho streets of Philadel phia, ho was accosted by a poor Ital ian, who, ignorant of tho personality addressed, continued to follow and im portuno him to buy somo of tho conch shells which ho carried in n basket on his arm, nnd which ho persisted wcro tho only things that ho had in tho world to dispose of. "But, my good man," remonstrated Gen. Washing ton, "what would I do with your conch shells? I havo no uso for thorn." "Oh, yes you have," camo tho ready rejoinder. "You might havo them mndo into buttons for your coat." Smiling nt his prompt reply, Wash ington not only purchased tho shells, but, tlio better to further tho advico, tooL them ut onco to his tailor, and, directing them to bo riveted, ordered a brown velvet coat, that their espe cial usofuluess might bo straightway demonstrated. Century. ONE OPIUM EATER CURED. But it Took a Term In Sing Sine and KndleM A cony to Do It. A confirmed opium smoker was re cently asked whether ho ever knew a person who had been cured of tho habiL "Only once," ho replied, " and then it wasn't a voluntary euro by any means. Ho was a man about 35 years old, who had been a slave to tho habit for fifteen years. Ho was so given up to it that his business went to smash, and ho used to resort to all manner of things in order to get money to pur chase a 'shell.' Ho used to crave eight shells or $2 worth of opium a day, and 1 havo frequently met him in a joint that was run by two tough Chinamen in Marion street, offering to roll for smokers in order to sharo their opium. Ono day ho had been with out a smoko for about seven hours, and ho becamo so desperate that ho tried to rob tho till in a grocery store. Ho was detected and arrested, no got word down to tho joint telling of his misfortune, and begging for God's sake that some body would send him somo opium. 1 bought somo dry opium pills and got them in to him after n deal of trouble. Tho next day I colled on him nnd a moro miserable wretch 1 never saw. Ho was suffcrinir tho tortures of hell. Ho was doubled up with cramps in his stomach, and tho inevitable pain be tween tho shoulders, which feels as though somebody was driving spikes into your flesh, was racking him. Theso tortures wero joined to severe fiains in all tho joints, as though tho imbs wero decaying and would soon drop off. Ho hail been without opium so long that ho was fairly famishing, and tho smnll quantity of tho drug 1 had been ublo to send va3 disposed of in short order. "'There isn't a tasto of it left,' ho yelled to me ns I entered his cell in tlio Tombs. Then ho rolled his tongue around as though searching for any small particles that might bo hidden away in a tooth. I gavo him tho pills I had brought Ho seized them liko a starving man would seizo n crust of bread. He placed two of them in his mouth and rolled them arountl until thoy had dissolved, and then washed them down with a mouthful of water. In a fow minutes ho was lying on his cot as placid and happy as a healthy baby. I kept him supplied with opium until ho was tried and sentenced. I managed toslip a fow of them into his hand as ho was on his way to Sing" Sing. I heard no moro of him and forgot all about him until ono day, on Broadway, soveral years later, a stal wart, rosv cheeked fellow slapped mo on tho shoulder and heartily shook mo by tho hand. I was nearly sur prised into a fit when ho explained that ho was tho opium fiend of a few years ago. Ho said that when lie got to Sing Sing tlio habit was on him very strong. Tho pills I had given him had crumbled to dust in his pocket, and had become so mixed up with a lot of other shift" that ho could not uso them. Ho was in a raging torment that night and cried for tho drug. Tlio keepers found him, nnd tho prison physician, who was called, fortunately diagnosed tho case correctly. It wasn't much credit to him, however, for overy featuro of the man's face and every motion of his body almost proclaimed him an opium fiend. Ho was removed to tho hospital, and tho physician was kind enough to get interested in tlio caso. Ho braced him up with hypodermic injections of morphine every timo tho craving camo on, and by a liberal uso of this drug finally woro nway tho .desiro for the other. Of courso this treatment cre ated the morphino habit, but this was moro readily cured, and my friend soon lost all desiro for drugs of nny kind, and is a prosperous, happy man today. If ho had not been arrested ho would certainly havo gono tho wny of all tho fiends, and liavo ended his lifo himself, or died miserably in somo holo. no tried to reason tho caso with mo in hopes that I would surrender tho drug nnd enduro tho agonies that such a privation would produco for tho pleasuronttcnding tho feeling thnt I was no longer a slavo to iL I havo heard all of thoso arguments a thou sand times, and frequently I havo lain in a joint with another smoker, and wo havo both sworn off, nnd tho very next day wo would both bo in tho samo placo again. I nm getting worso every year. Tho habit is growing moro expensive, and tlio longer I am nt it tlio less disposed do I feel for work of any kind. My memory is failing mo now, and I am already pretty well aloii" on tho downward road. I'll go a littlo further down, and then good-by to everything." Now York Sun. A Ituby Horn with Teeth. Gcorgo Baker, a restaurant keeper, living at ICS Park avenuo and doing business nt 38 Madison street, is tho proud possessor of a baby girl who was borti with a set of teeth. When littlo Julia Orino Baker arrived in town a day or two ago, very red, very bald null weighing six nnd n quarter pounds, sho horrified tho nurso and astounded Dr. Phillips, tho family physicinn, by exhibiting an upper row of six white front teeth and four per fect ones on her lower gums. Tliey wero almost fully developed nnd wero hard enough to uso on tho toughest beefsteak in existence. It might bo thought that tlio littlo stranger would) develop accomplishments in keeping with tho early growth of teeth and start out, walk, talk, sit up at tho table, paid perform over so ninny clover acts, and her foud father doubtless gleefully imagined that sho would do something of tlio kind to sort of keep up tho record, but sho did uono of these. Sho cau bite, though, and that, too, good aud hard, as her father can tes tify, she having got his littlo finger in her mouth aud mndo him dance. However, tho little ono shows remark nblo signs of physical vigor, and at present she eats bread sopped in milk uud littlo particles of tenderly cooked chicken, a feat which is said to bo un precedented in tho annals of medical fccicuce, Chicuco Special. KEEPING THE HEART YOUNG. Old Teople Who Are Tonne In Their Ways, and Those Who Are Not. Dickens says: "If all had hearts liko thoso which beat so lightly in tho bo- It A 0 .1 . 1 Bom of tho young anu oeauuiui, wnai a heaven this earth would bo I If, whilo our bodies grow old and with- ' ered, our hearts could but retain their youth and freshness, of whnt avail would bo our sorrows and sufferings? But tho faint imago of Eden, which is stamped upon them in childhood, chafes and rubs in our rough strugglo with tho world, nnd soon wears away; too often to leavo nothing but a mournful blank remaining." How true and beautiful this senti ment is; but is it always the contact with tho rough sido of tho world that leaves tho heart hard and blank? Is it not too often tho indulgence or bit ter feelings of envy and discontent that sours and turns to wormwood and gall many of tho sweets of lifo? Bo causo wo do not prosper as well as our neighbor, we fret nnd imngino our lot harder than nny ono else, and look upon it as "luck," and nro thereforo bitter in feeling against thoso who nro moro fortunate than ourselves.' It is tho yielding to evil passions and tem pers that makes tho heart grow old ; tho inclination to look on tho dark and gloomy sido of everything, or to 'uso a familiar adage, "crossing tho bridge before wo get to it." This seems to bo tho nature of somo people, and consequently they grow old be tnm lmin tiinn ntwl tlm bonrt is scared IUI W v....v, ------ - - - and hard and nothing truly but a "mournful blank remains." Why not keep tho heart young? Why not havo the earth a heaven, and keep ciniunooci s iniui anu nappi 1 ncss in our hearts, even though tlio bodies will grow old and withered? It is a fact worth record that when you meet a genial, happy old person you find they liavo a youthful heart a heart of lovo and good will ; a heart that sympathizes and enters into tho pleasures and every day enjoyments of tlio young and aro willing to make any sacrifices that tho young people may enjoy lifo; such old peoplo al ways havo pleasant faces, placid ex pressions, and n light in the eyo that reflects tho emotions of tho heart. Ono is involuntarily drawn to such people But thero is another class of old peoplo (alas, too numerous), whoso faces aro as sour and crabbed as possi blo; they never sco nny good in nny ono; tho young never do right, every thing lias degenerated since their young days, and tho wholo world moves different; is it any wonder that tho hearts of such peoplo are as with ered and bitter ns their faces indicate? Tho face is tho truo index of tho heart, a mirror in which its emotions aro truly pictured; tho face may grow old, and timo may leavo its impress in heavy lines and wrinkles, but from beneath them all thero beams a light that is a reflection from n heart kept young and fresh, whilo tlio body has grown old beneath tho weight of years a heart that has cherished none but love, peaco and contentment, and has gathered only tho sunshino of life, keeping "tlio faint imago of Eden, which was stamped upon it in child hood," even down unto old ago. At i n i . . 1UIUU OUSlUUlIOIl. The World's Greatest Lumber Reclon. A lumber pile mado of boards, each 100 feet long and C feet in width, would bo an unprecedented sight in tho east, but a gentleman recently re turned from a visit to tho coast of tho North Pacific ocean says that piles of timber such as that aro common at tho mills on Puget sound. "Boards 100 feet long and 0 feet wide, with out a knot in them," ho says, "aro common cuts from tho gigantic fir trees of tho Puget sound forests. Theso trees grow to tho enormous height of 250 feet, and tho forests are so vast that although tho saw mills havo been ripping 500,000,000 feet of lumber out of them every year for ten i years, tho spaces mado by theso tre mendous inroads seem no moro than garden patches. Puget sound lins 1,800 miles of shore line, nnd all along this lino and extending thencoon both sides miles and miles further than tho eyo can see, is ono vast and almost un broken forest of theso enormous trees. Thero is nothing liko it anywhere on tho Pacific coast. An official estimate places tho amount of standing timber in that area nt 000,000,000,000 feet, or a thousand years' supplyt ovon nt tho enormous rato tho timber is now being felled and sawed. Tho timber bolt covers 30,000,000 acres of Washington , Territory, an area equal to tho states of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecti cut and Now Hampshire. Tho markets j for tho Puget sound lumber aro en I tirely foreign, being South America, I Australia, Central America and tho (Pacific ocean islands." Philadelphia Press. j Bonnets for Men. I Tho bonnet, onco upon a timo, was an articlo of malo as well as femnlo I head dress. Fino old English gentlo mon down to tho early part of tho Six teenth century woro bonnets of cloth, silk or velvet, moro or less ornament ed, according to tho rank or tho tasto of tho wearer. Theso coverings, how over, wero superseded by tho hat in all tho lengths aud breadth of tho king dom, sayo in Scotland, whero it still retains its ancient name. Tlio good old "braid bonnet" was broad, round aud fiat. It over shadowed tho faco aud neck; it could bo slouched in front, behind or side ways, as a protection ugniust tho "cold blast" or any "airt" tho wind might, chooso to blow. It was mado of thick milled woolen stutl's without seam or lining; it could bo folded up, sat upon or put in tho pocket; it was water proof and kept warm when it was wet; when dry it was as good as ever; und it was so exceedingly durablo that u good dark bluo bonnet with a x-cd tuft liko a cherry on tho top, and worth somo two shillings sterling, would, ! 'with reasonable care, lost a man a life- j time. Rural proprietors of a small sort, mm luuwuersoi cottages ana an aero or two of land, woro it as a badge of disUncUou nnd wero called "bonnet lairds." Millinery Trade Roviovr. m